An Epic to Behold but not an Epic Experience.

[Zorn]

Well, I usually have to fight (on average) one full stack army every second turn.
If all those battles would last an hour, it would take the whole hollidays to complete one campaign.

[Ulug Beg]

I do play slowly and pause a lot!

[dedmoroz]

Rome Total Realism mod slowed moving and killing speeds to an almost perfect condition.
you should give it a try...